The one I have just bought for my husband. I meant to buy him gold class tickets to Skyfall. The nearest cinema that does gold class to us is about 15km away. I failed to note that the gold class sessions stopped boxing day so I have purchased two ordinary tickets to the movies on Dec 30th where we will have to drive past abotu 5 other cinema complexes, including the one within walking distance to our house, to sit in ordinary cinema seats and watch a movie at the end of its run.

I know this isn't as crappy as some PPs but I am heartily sick of large, cheap plastic toys for my kids that use $12 worth of batteries in order to function (and then drive us mad with noise) and naturally the batteries are not included and the gift giver hasn't provided any, necessitating a dash to the nearest open servo to buy $12 worth of batteries for $22, only to have the batteries last about 1 week because the large, cheap plastic toy sucks enough energy to power our suburb.

We did KK last week - got some yummy Lindt chocolate and a hand cream.

Boss is handing out KK with the question:

"have you been good this year ?? Is Santa going to give you anything??"

I answer:

"yes, I've been good but a little bit grumpy"

He responds:

"oh yes, we've noticed you have been grumpy this year".

Me - gobsmacked - thought - "well you know that DH has lost his job / he got a new job where they are paying him in dribs and drabs - he has been with his current new work for the past 2 months and he has been actually paid for 2 weeks work. I have been run ragged getting the girls to school / daycare in different suburbs and seeing a child psychologist for DD#1. Oh - and when it was my review time this year - you bastards did not give me a review or even a CPI wage increase. So why don't you bite me ??"

I thought all of the above - I didn't say it but I was bloody tempted to.

I got a crappy necklace that broke in the mail from close relative. Looks like a little girls necklace and everyone in my family knows I don't like jewelery so it was a really crappy gift. He only gave me a gift so that I would have to get him one.

I got my dad a semi joke gift of a coffee mug shaped like a toilet from typo bc he wasn't going to be spending Xmas with us, then at the last minute he changed his mind and said he would leave on Boxing Day. Now I feel like sh*te.